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European Cross Country Championships - CM

St. Wendel, Germany, May 16-18, 2008

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European champions to be crowned in St. Wendel

By Sue George

Margarita Fullana (Massi) is a favorite for the elite women's race
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After a week off following three consecutive World Cup events, many top European racers will be heading to St. Wendel, Germany, this weekend for the cross country European Continental Championship. Seven races for elite, U23 and junior categories will held on the 7.9km course, with 270m elevation change, during three days.

After a team relay on Friday, junior and U23 racers will get their chance on Saturday. The elite men's and women's contests follow on Sunday. Given that many of the recent World Cup contenders are also European, the fields - and the favorites - will have a strong resemblance to those from the World Cups in Houffalize, Offenburg and Madrid.

The European Championships comes just one month before the World Championships in Val di Sole, so many top athletes are not preparing specifically for the continental championships, but are focusing more on the Worlds.

Start list

Elite women

1 Elizabeth Osl (Aut) Austria                      
2 Maria Osl (Aut) Austria                          
3 Githa Michiels (Bel) Belgium                     
4 Pavla Havlikova (Cze) Czech Republic             
5 Tereza Jansova (Cze) Czech Republic              
6 Maaris Meier (Est) Estonia                       
7 Sabrina Enaux (Fra) France                       
8 Séverine Hansen (Fra) France                     
9 Laurence Leboucher (Fra) France                  
10 Hélčne Marcouyre (Fra) France                   
11 Cécile Rode-Ravanel (Fra) France                
12 Ivonne Kraft (Ger) Germany                      
13 Adelheid Morath (Ger) Germany                   
14 Katrin Schwing (Ger) Germany                    
15 Claudia Seidel (Ger) Germany                    
16 Sabine Spitz (Ger) Germany                      
17 Nina Wrobel (Ger) Germany                       
18 Jenny Copnall (GBr) United Kingdom              
19 Keren Eckshtein (Isr) Israel                    
20 Inbar Ronen (Isr) Israel                        
21 Idit Shub (Isr) Israel                          
22 Elena Gaddoni (Ita) Italy                       
23 Eva Lechner (Ita) Italy                         
24 Barbara Oberdorfer (Ita) Italy                  
25 Evelyn Staffler (Ita) Italy                     
26 Ivanda Eiduka (Lat) Latvia                      
27 Bernardine Boog-Rauwerda (Ned) Netherland       
28 Laura Turpijn (Ned) Netherland                  
29 Arielle Van Meurs (Ned) Netherland              
30 Elsbeth Van Rooij-Vink (Ned) Netherland         
31 Lene Byberg (Nor) Norway                        
32 Gunn Rita Dahle Flesjaa (Nor) Norway            
33 Magdalena Sadlecka (Pol) Poland                 
34 Anna Szafraniec (Pol) Poland                    
35 Maja Wloszczowska (Pol) Poland                  
37 Kseniya Chernykh (Rus) Russian Federation       
38 Elena Gogoleva (Rus) Russian Federation         
39 Irina Kalentieva (Rus) Russian Federation       
40 Oxana Rybakova (Rus) Russian Federation         
41 Lubomira Kalinova (Svk) Slovakia                
42 Janka Stevkova (Svk) Slovakia                   
43 Nina Homovec (Slo) Slovenia                     
44 Blaza Klemencic (Slo) Slovenia                  
45 Margarita Fullana (Spa) Spain                   
46 Rocio Gamonal (Spa) Spain                       
47 Anna Villar Argente (Spa) Spain                 
48 Renata Bucher (Swi) Switzerland                 
49 Petra Henzi (Swi) Switzerland                   
50 Sarah Koba (Swi) Switzerland                    
51 Katrin Leumann (Swi) Switzerland                
52 Maroussia Rusca (Swi) Switzerland               
53 Marielle Saner (Swi) Switzerland                
54 Esther Süss (Swi) Switzerland                   
 
Elite men

1 Martin Kraler (Aut) Austria                      
2 Alban Laketa (Aut) Austria                       
3 Karl Markt (Aut) Austria                         
4 Hannes Metzlar (Aut) Austria                     
5 Christoph Soukup (Aut) Austria                   
6 Michael Weiss (Aut) Austria                      
7 Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) Belgium                   
8 Sven Nijs (Bel) Belgium                          
9 Roel Paulissen (Bel) Belgium                     
10 Pavel Boudny (Cze) Czech Republic               
11 Filip Eberl (Cze) Czech Republic                
12 Jiri Friedl (Cze) Czech Republic                
13 Vaclav Hlavac (Cze) Czech Republic              
14 Kristian Hynek (Cze) Czech Republic             
15 Jaroslav Kulhavy (Cze) Czech Republic           
16 Jiri Novak (Cze) Czech Republic                 
17 Milan Spesny (Cze) Czech Republic               
18 Matous Ulman (Cze) Czech Republic               
19 Peter Riis Andersen (Den) Denmark               
20 Jakob Diemer Fuglsang (Den) Denmark             
21 Klaus Nielsen (Den) Denmark                     
22 Taavi Selder (Est) Estonia                      
23 Julien Absalon (Fra) France                     
24 François Bailly Maitre (Fra) France             
25 Nicolas Bazin (Fra) France                      
26 Pierre Lebreton (Fra) France                    
27 Olivier Maignan (Fra) France                    
28 Jean Christophe Peraud (Fra) France             
29 Cédric Ravanel (Fra) France                     
30 Tim Bohme (Ger) Germany                         
31 Lado Fumic (Ger) Germany                        
32 Manuel Fumic (Ger) Germany                      
33 Jochen Kass (Ger) Germany                       
34 Wolfram Kurschat (Ger) Germany                  
35 Torsten Marx (Ger) Germany                      
36 Moritz Milatz (Ger) Germany                     
37 Karl Platt (Ger) Germany                        
38 Stefan Sahm (Ger) Germany                       
39 Rene Tann (Ger) Germany                         
40 Steffen Thum (Ger) Germany                      
41 Liam Killeen (GBr) United Kingdom               
42 Ian Wilkinson (GBr) United Kingdom              
43 Niall Davis (Irl) Ireland                       
44 Johnny Cattaneo (Ita) Italy                     
45 Mike Felderer (Ita) Italy                       
46 Marco Aurelio Fontana (Ita) Italy               
47 Martino Fruet (Ita) Italy                       
48 Giuseppe Lamastra (Ita) Italy                   
49 Tony Longo (Ita) Italy                          
50 Johannes Pallhuber (Ita) Italy                  
51 Mirko Pirazzoli (Ita) Italy                     
52 Andrea Tiberi (Ita) Italy                       
53 Yader Zoli (Ita) Italy                          
54 Dzintars Ozolins (Lat) Latvia                   
55 Bart Brentjens (Ned) Netherland                 
56 Bas Peters (Ned) Netherland                     
57 Jelmer Pietersma (Ned) Netherland               
58 Frank Schotman (Ned) Netherland                 
59 Rudi Van Houts (Ned) Netherland                 
60 Marek Galinski (Pol) Poland                     
61 Marcin Karczynski (Pol) Poland                  
62 Kryspin Pyrgies (Pol) Poland                    
63 Luís Pinto (Por) Portugal                       
64 Nicolae Juganaru Razvan (Rom) Romania           
65 Maxim Gogolev (Rus) Maxim                       
66 Alexey Medvedev (Rus) Russian Federation        
67 Evgeny Pechenin (Rus) Russian Federation        
68 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Russian Federation          
69 Bojan Djurdjic (Srb) Serbia                     
70 Ivan Tomic (Srb) Serbia                         
71 Milan Barenyi (Svk) Slovakia                    
72 Michal Plesnik (Svk) Slovakia                   
73 Robi Kordez (Slo) Slovenia                      
74 Matej Lovse (Slo) Slovenia                      
75 Noc Lenart (Slo) Slovenia                       
76 Ivan Alvarez Gutierrez (Spa) Spain              
77 Nicolas Carlos Coloma (Spa) Spain               
78 Marti Gispert Labarta (Spa) Spain               
79 Jose Antonio Hermida Ramos (Spa) Spain          
80 Ińaki Lejarreta Errasti (Spa) Spain             
81 Sergio Mantecon Gutierrez (Spa) Spain           
82 Ruben Ruzafa Cueto (Spa) Spain                  
83 Juan P Trujillo Hernández (Spa) Spain           
84 Magnus Darvell (Swe) Sweden                     
85 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Sweden                 
86 Emil Lindgren (Swe) Sweden                      
87 Lukas Flückiger (Swi) Switzerland               
88 Thomas Frischknecht (Swi) Switzerland           
89 Jürg Graf (Swi) Switzerland                     
90 Martin Gujan (Swi) Switzerland                  
91 Gion Manetsch (Swi) Switzerland                 
92 Ralph Näf (Swi) Switzerland                     
93 Christoph Sauser (Swi) Switzerland              
94 Florian Vogel (Swi) Switzerland                 
95 Igor Bogdan (Ukr) Ukraine                       
96 Yevgeniy Medvetskyy (Ukr) Ukraine               
97 Sergiy Rysenko (Ukr) Ukraine                    
 
U23 Men

1 Robert Gehbauer (Aut) Austria                    
2 Uwe Hochenwarter (Aut) Austria                   
3 Jakob Nimpf (Aut) Austria                        
4 Simon Scheiber (Aut) Austria                     
5 Bjorn Brems (Bel) Belgium                        
6 Sebastien Carabin (Bel) Belgium                  
7 Nick Daems (Bel) Belgium                         
8 Dries Govaerts (Bel) Belgium                     
9 Laurent Mineur (Bel) Belgium                     
10 Rob Vangenechten (Bel) Belgium                  
11 Tim Wijnants (Bel) Belgium                      
12 Jiri Hudecek (Cze) Czech Republic               
13 Josef Kamler (Cze) Czech Republic               
14 Tomas Pesek (Cze) Czech Republic                
15 Jan Skarnitzl (Cze) Czech Republic              
16 Michal Vlcek (Cze) Czech Republic               
17 Martin Loo (Est) Estonia                        
18 Freddy Betremieux (Fra) France                  
19 Fabien Canal (Fra) France                       
20 Marc Colom (Fra) France                         
21 Vivien Legastelois (Fra) France                 
22 Maxime Marotte (Fra) France                     
23 Stephane Tempier (Fra) France                   
24 Guillaume Vinit (Fra) France                    
25 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) France                  
26 Markus Bauer (Ger) Germany                      
27 Felix Euteneuer (Ger) Germany                   
28 Andi Eyring (Ger) Germany                       
29 Heiko Gutmann (Ger) Germany                     
30 Rumen Voigt (Ger) Germany                       
31 Andi Weinhold (Ger) Germany                     
32 Ian Bibby (GBr) United Kingdom                  
33 Ross Creber (GBr) United Kingdom                
34 Ian Field (GBr) United Kingdom                  
35 David Fletcher (GBr) United Kingdom             
36 Periklis Ilias (Gre) Greece                     
37 Georgios Nikolaou (Gre) Greece                  
38 Georgios Pattes (Gre) Greece                    
39 Mátyás Kusz (Hun) Hungary                       
40 Dávid Puskás (Hun) Hungary                      
41 Zsolt Szlobodnyik (Hun) Hungary                 
42 Connor McConvey (Irl) Ireland                   
43 Eliad Daniel (Isr) Israel                       
44 Itay Groag (Isr) Israel                         
45 Shlomi Haimy (Isr) Israel                       
46 Rotem Ishai (Isr) Israel                        
47 Nizan Margalit (Isr) Israel                     
48 Idan Shapira (Isr) Israel                       
49 Francesco Aulino (Ita) Italy                    
50 Cristian Cominelli (Ita) Italy                  
51 Umberto Corti (Ita) Italy                       
52 Lorenzo Martelli (Ita) Italy                    
53 Marco Ponta (Ita) Italy                         
54 Samuele Porro (Ita) Italy                       
55 Reinis Andrijanovs (Lat) Latvia                 
56 Didzis Praulins (Lat) Latvia                    
57 Ervins Smolins (Lat) Latvia                     
58 Toms Veinbergs (Lat) Latvia                     
59 Hans Becking (Ned) Netherland                   
60 Frank Beemer (Ned) Netherland                   
61 Nieck Busser (Ned) Netherland                   
62 Jelmer Jubbega (Ned) Netherland                 
63 Erik Nellen (Ned) Netherland                    
64 Niels Wubben (Ned) Netherland                   
65 Anders Hovdenes (Nor) Norway                    
66 Kristian Johansen (Nor) Norway                  
67 Ola Kjoren (Nor) Norway                         
68 Stake Laengen Oystein (Nor) Norway              
69 Stake Laengen Vegard (Nor) Norway               
70 Jo Nordskar (Nor) Norway                        
71 Dariusz Batek (Pol) Poland                      
72 Adrian Brzózka (Pol) Poland                     
73 Piotr Brzózka (Pol) Poland                      
74 Maciej Dombrowski (Pol) Poland                  
75 Kornel Osicki (Pol) Poland                      
76 David Rosa (Por) Portugal                       
77 Alexander Fedotov (Rus) Russian Federation      
78 Dmitry Medvedev (Rus) Russian Federation        
79 Denis Vorontsov (Rus) Russian Federation        
80 Lukas Hanus (Svk) Slovakia                      
81 Martin Haring (Svk) Slovakia                    
82 Martin Kostelnicak (Svk) Slovakia               
83 Martin Skopek (Svk) Slovakia                    
84 Matjaz Budin (Slo) Slovenia                     
85 Luka Homovec (Slo) Slovenia                     
86 Luka Kodra (Slo) Slovenia                       
87 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Slovenia                      
88 Jernej Muzga (Slo) Slovenia                     
89 David Lozano Ribas (Spa) Spain                  
90 Sergio Pulido Rodriguez (Spa) Spain             
91 Lars Bleckur (Swe) Sweden                       
92 Niklas Gustavsson (Swe) Sweden                  
93 Mattias Nilsson (Swe) Sweden                    
94 Max Öste-Macdonald (Swe) Sweden                 
95 Matthias Wengelin (Swe) Sweden                  
96 Alexander Wetterhall (Swe) Sweden               
97 Severin Disch (Swi) Switzerland                 
98 Martin Fanger (Swi) Switzerland                 
99 Mathias Flückiger (Swi) Switzerland             
100 Sepp-Marc Freiburghaus (Swi) Switzerland       
101 Patrik Gallati (Swi) Switzerland               
102 Lukas Kaufmann (Swi) Switzerland               
103 Pascal Meyer (Swi) Switzerland                 
104 Nino Schurter (Swi) Switzerland                
105 Andriy Gumenyuk (Ukr) Ukraine                  
106 Andriy Khrypta (Ukr) Ukraine                   
 
U23 Women

1 Stefanie Wedner (Aut) Austria                    
2 Maaike Polspoel (Bel) Belgium                    
3 Tereza Hurikova (Cze) Czech Republic             
4 Pavlina Sulcova (Cze) Czech Republic             
5 Julie Bresset (Fra) France                       
6 Hanna Israel (Fra) France                        
7 Julie Krasniak (Fra) France                      
8 Caroline Mani (Fra) France                       
9 Laura Metzler (Fra) France                       
10 Anja Gradl (Ger) Germany                        
11 Katharina Haase (Ger) Germany                   
12 Hanna Klein (Ger) Germany                       
13 Agnes Naumann (Ger) Germany                     
14 Jaes Thoma (Ger) Germany                        
15 Nina Gulino (Ita) Italy                         
16 Nicole Perruchon (Ita) Italy                    
17 Judith Pollinger (Ita) Italy                    
18 Claudia Sieder (Ita) Italy                      
19 Sibylle Wert (Ita) Italy                        
20 Tatjana Kaliakina (Ltu) Lithuania               
21 Karen Brouwer (Ned) Netherland                  
22 Elisabeth Sveum (Nor) Norway                    
23 Aleksandra Dawidowicz (Pol) Poland              
24 Karolina Kozela (Pol) Poland                    
25 Katarzyna Solus (Pol) Poland                    
26 Marta Sulek (Pol) Poland                        
27 Vera Andreeva (Rus) Russian Federation          
28 Ekaterina Melnikova (Rus) Russian Federation    
29 Polona Batagelj (Slo) Slovenia                  
30 Tanja Zakelj (Slo) Slovenia                     
31 Ana Zupan (Slo) Slovenia                        
32 Alexandra Engen (Swe) Sweden                    
33 Nathalie Schneitter (Swi) Switzerland           
34 Kathrin Stirnemann (Swi) Switzerland            
35 Nataliya Krompets (Ukr) Ukraine                 
36 Iryna Slobodyan (Ukr) Ukraine                   
 
Junior men

1 Alexander Gehbauer (Aut) Austria                 
2 Matthias Hoi (Aut) Austria                       
3 Jonas De Backer (Bel) Belgium                    
4 Laurent Evrard (Bel) Belgium                     
5 Ruben Scheire (Bel) Belgium                      
6 Tim Wellens (Bel) Belgium                        
7 Filip Adel (Cze) Czech Republic                  
8 Zdenek Cerny (Cze) Czech Republic                
9 Ondrej Cink (Cze) Czech Republic                 
10 Ales Janda (Cze) Czech Republic                 
11 Jakub Magnusek (Cze) Czech Republic             
12 Matej Nepustil (Cze) Czech Republic             
13 Jan Nesvadba (Cze) Czech Republic               
14 Ondrej Paur (Cze) Czech Republic                
15 Josef Rajchart (Cze) Czech Republic             
16 Michal Simerle (Cze) Czech Republic             
17 Gabriel Leppik (Est) Estonia                    
18 Joris Bagnol (Fra) France                       
19 Aurélien Daniel (Fra) France                    
20 Thomas Decugis (Fra) France                     
21 Anthony Grenet (Fra) France                     
22 Arnaud Jouffroy (Fra) France                    
23 Clément Koretzky (Fra) France                   
24 Titouan Perrin Ganier (Fra) France              
25 Marcel Braun (Ger) Germany                      
26 Valentin Fiderer (Ger) Germany                  
27 Marcel Fleschhut (Ger) Germany                  
28 Martin Gluth (Ger) Germany                      
29 Manfred Reis (Ger) Germany                      
30 Markus Schulte Lünzum (Ger) Germany             
31 David Simon (Ger) Germany                       
32 Simon Stiebjahn (Ger) Germany                   
33 Fabian Strecker (Ger) Germany                   
34 Sebastian Batchelor (GBr) United Kingdom        
35 Hamish Creber (GBr) United Kingdom              
36 Alex Paton (GBr) United Kingdom                 
37 William Verney (GBr) United Kingdom             
38 Alexios Kokovikas (Gre) Greece                  
39 Dimitrios Nikolaou (Gre) Greece                 
40 Nikoaos Tachopoulos (Gre) Greece                
41 Charalambos Takidis (Gre) Greece                
42 Efstathios Theodoridis (Gre) Greece             
43 Attila Béla (Hun) Hungary                       
44 Zsolt Juhász (Hun) Hungary                      
45 Bálint Lukács (Hun) Hungary                     
46 Neil Mc Gimpsey (Irl) Ireland                   
47 Liam McGreevy (Irl) Ireland                     
48 Paul O'Reilly (Irl) Ireland                     
49 Yoav Bear (Isr) Israel                          
50 Sagi Fainshtain (Isr) Israel                    
51 Niv Gleb (Isr) Israel                           
52 Noam Kahana (Isr) Israel                        
53 Sagiv Kehela (Isr) Israel                       
54 Tomer Laks (Isr) Israel                         
55 Amotz Nehoray (Isr) Israel                      
56 Ori Spektor (Isr) Israel                        
57 Giacomo Bevilacqua (Ita) Italy                  
58 Filippo Blanc (Ita) Italy                       
59 Luca Braidot (Ita) Italy                        
60 Gerhard Kerschbaumer (Ita) Italy                
61 Daniel Pozzecco (Ita) Italy                     
62 Elia Silvestri (Ita) Italy                      
63 Janis Rezins (Lat) Latvia                       
64 Sandis Skuja (Lat) Latvia                       
65 Erik Groen (Ned) Netherland                     
66 Henk-Jaap Moorlag (Ned) Netherland              
67 Rob Van Der Heijden (Ned) Netherland            
68 Micki Van Empel (Ned) Netherland                
69 Sebastiaan Zweedijk (Ned) Netherland            
70 Andreas Gravdal (Nor) Norway                    
71 Kjetil Ims (Nor) Norway                         
72 Frans Leonard Mustaparta (Nor) Norway           
73 Maciej Adamczyk (Pol) Poland                    
74 Szymon Galczynski (Pol) Poland                  
75 Marek Konwa (Pol) Poland                        
76 Diogo Afonso (Por) Portugal                     
77 Ricardo Marinheiro (Por) Portugal               
78 David Rodrigues (Por) Portugal                  
79 Pavel Pryadein (Rus) Russian Federation         
80 Stepan Stepanov (Rus) Russian Federation        
81 Aleksa Maric (Srb) Serbia                       
82 Michal Procner (Svk) Slovakia                   
83 Peter Sagan (Svk) Slovakia                      
84 Michal Straka (Svk) Slovakia                    
85 Klemen Nicoletti (Slo) Slovenia                 
86 Vid Tancer (Slo) Slovenia                       
87 Joze Zagar (Slo) Slovenia                       
88 Blaz Znidarsic (Slo) Slovenia                   
89 Umbert Almenara Verges (Spa) Spain              
90 Francisco Lopez Pallares (Spa) Spain            
91 Oscar Byhlinder (Swe) Sweden                    
92 Olof Jonsson (Swe) Sweden                       
93 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Sweden                  
94 Donat Albin (Swi) Switzerland                   
95 Arnaud Grand (Swi) Switzerland                  
96 Daniel Kaufmann (Swi) Switzerland               
97 Lukas Loretz (Swi) Switzerland                  
98 Matthias Rupp (Swi) Switzerland                 
99 Matthias Stirnemann (Swi) Switzerland           
100 Oliver Walder (Swi) Switzerland                
101 Mirco Widmer (Swi) Switzerland                 
102 Mykhaylo Batsutsa (Ukr) Ukraine                
103 Alla Boyko (Ukr) Ukraine                       
104 Rodion Brazhnik (Ukr) Ukraine                  
105 Stanislav Chernykh (Ukr) Ukraine               
 
Junior women

1 Melissa Horwah (Aut) Austria                     
2 Sanne Cant (Bel) Belgium                         
3 Alexandra Marchal (Bel) Belgium                  
4 Marketa Lorenzova (Cze) Czech Republic           
5 Jitka Skarnitzlova (Cze) Czech Republic          
6 Jana Valesova (Cze) Czech Republic               
7 Hanna Konttinen (Fin) Finnland                   
8 Louise Blot (Fra) France                         
9 Camille Devi (Fra) France                        
10 Sophie Rodot (Fra) France                       
11 Gesa Brüchmann (Ger) Germany                    
12 Mona Eiberweiser (Ger) Germany                  
13 Julia Haase (Ger) Germany                       
14 Elisa Ries (Ger) Germany                        
15 Annie Last (GBr) United Kingdom                 
16 Annabel Simpson (GBr) United Kingdom            
17 Barbara Benkó (Hun) Hungary                     
18 Brigitta Koós (Hun) Hungary                     
19 Noga Korem (Isr) Israel                         
20 Martina Giovanniello (Ita) Italy                
21 Anna Oberparleiter (Ita) Italy                  
22 Roselisa Palma (Ita) Italy                      
23 Cornelia Schuster (Ita) Italy                   
24 Kristina Strachovic (Ltu) Lithuania             
25 Rozanne Slik (Ned) Netherland                   
26 Karolina Giezek (Pol) Poland                    
27 Anna Kowalczyk (Pol) Poland                     
28 Mariya Babanova (Rus) Russian Federation        
29 Daria Zaitseva (Rus) Russian Federation         
30 Eva Justin (Slo) Slovenia                       
31 Jerneja Tratnik (Slo) Slovenia                  
32 Kajsa Snihs (Swe) Sweden                        
33 Emmy Thelberg (Swe) Sweden                      
34 Marina Giger (Swi) Switzerland                  
35 Michelle Hediger (Swi) Switzerland              
36 Karin Rappo (Swi) Switzerland                   
37 Lorraine Truong (Swi) Switzerland               
38 Meyer Vivienne (Swi) Switzerland                

Past winners

Elite men

2007     Jose Antonio Herminda Ramos (Spain)
2006     Julien Absalon (France)
2005     Jean-Christoph Péraud (France) 

Elite women

2007     Sabine Spitz (Germany)
2006     Margarita Fullana Riera (Spain)
2005     Gunn Rita Dahle (Norway)